SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : KVM (SUSE-SU-2015:1152-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84443

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

KVM was updated to fix two security issues :

CVE-2015-3209: Heap overflow in qemu pcnet controller allowing guest to host escape. (bsc#932770)

CVE-2015-4037: Predictable directory names for smb configuration.
(bsc#932267)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch slessp3-kvm=10747

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kvm=10747

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84443

File Name: suse_SU-2015-1152-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/29/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kvm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3209, CVE-2015-4037

BID: 74809, 75123

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